Hola amigos! (Hey – let me keep doing the Spanish for a little while – makes me feel like I’m back on vacation!) 
I loved reading about all of your Thanksgivings/family time! (or hearing about it all my non-blog-having-friends!!) 
While you were all eating delicious turkey with green bean casseroles, and visiting with your families – Mike and I were on a plane, then on a another plane, then in a van – and then FINALLY – at the Dreams Riviera Cancun resort!
The hotel lobby: (we checked in during the day – this picture was just way cooler)
Doesn’t it look straight out of Jurassic Park??? (or am I too much like a 10 year old boy?) 
When we got to our room – they had champagne & fruit waiting for us:
While Mike broke into the champagne – I did the food blogger/girl thing – take LOTS of picture!
Our own private “Plunge Pool”:
Check!
Awesome views:
Check!
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Two people EXTREMELY happy to be in Mexico:
CHECK!!!
After we got settle and finished our champagne – we went back to the Jurassic Park hotel lobby for drinks at the bar:
Isn’t that view gorgeous?!
The bartender definitely knew how to make good martinis (chilling the glass while mixing the liquids is KEY!) 
Heaven!
and then I continued taking pictures of everything in sight. I’m easy to please, so pretty much everything I came across I had to exclaim “OHMIGOD! LOOK HOW COOL!” – Mike loves that
Cool chair:
Cool lamp thingy:
Hot hubby! 
and then Mike especially loved it when I handed him the camera and ordered politely asked him “Take my picture!”
The rest of the first day is pretty much a blur. There was wandering around, there was eating somewhere in there – and lots of tequila!
My favorite tequila drink: “Skinny Girl Margarita”
2 shots of “blanco” tequila, 1 shot of triple sec, and lots of fresh lime.
I mean – look how happy this girl is:
That should tell you how good that drink is!
Mike’s drink (White Russian or “Russo Blanco” for you Spanish speakers ), and mine:
I loved saying “Como se dice…” and then filling in the blank with the English word. I’m sure the staff hated me by the last day! 
And last – I leave you with – me – by about 8pm. Roughly 10 minutes before Mike but me to bed. 
Hey – when in Rome Mexico, right?
Sorry no food pictures – I ended up just drunkenly eating a whole bunch of romaine and hearts of palm! It wasn’t nearly as exciting as your Thanksgiving dinner, I assure you.
More recaps to come!!!!
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PARADISE!!!!!!!!!!!
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By VeggieGirl on 12.03.09 9:17 pm | Permalink
I was reading through this post and then this huge wave of nausea came over me. No, I hadn’t had one to many skinny mom margaritas (i.e. coffee with stevia), I was so insanely jealous!!! I am so glad you guys had such a great time (though I missed you and am glad you are back)!
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By Mama Pea on 12.03.09 9:25 pm | Permalink
Lol, did you eat any solid food?
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By Evan Thomas on 12.03.09 9:36 pm | Permalink
SOOOOOO jealous!! You look glowing and relaxed…awesome!
Courtney
Adventures in tri-ing
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By Courtney on 12.03.09 9:39 pm | Permalink
I’m going to be honest….almost didn’t even want to read this post
Looks SO fabulous. Love personal pools. Glad you guys had SUCH a blast 
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By Erica on 12.03.09 10:01 pm | Permalink
Can’t wait for more! I’ve never been to Mexico but, holy alcohol, looks like fun!
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By K on 12.03.09 10:04 pm | Permalink
Can’t wait to hear about the rest of your trip!
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By Lee on 12.03.09 10:41 pm | Permalink
oh my goodness – that looks like SO much fun!!!!!! I would LOVE to go to Mexico!!!
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By Lisa (bakebikeblog) on 12.03.09 11:11 pm | Permalink
Oh wow, that looks like so much fun! What a gorgeous place
And the plunge pool is awesome!
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By Anne K. on 12.03.09 11:33 pm | Permalink
Ha ha! Glad you are back puppy pants! Looks like you two had a well deserved blast on your vacay! xoxo
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By Emily (The Experimentarian) on 12.04.09 8:38 am | Permalink
Haha! Great pics so far! Looking forward to seeing more
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By Niki on 12.04.09 9:41 am | Permalink
looks like soooo much fun!! tequila is way better than turkey :O)
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By Beth @ DiningAndDishing on 12.04.09 10:36 am | Permalink
it’s so beautiful! looks like you two had a good time
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By brandi on 12.04.09 11:01 am | Permalink
That hotel looks gorgeous! Wow what a fantastic place for a vacation!
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By Andrea (Off Her Cork) on 12.04.09 11:10 am | Permalink
como se dice “jealousssssssssssssss”
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By Kate on 12.04.09 11:11 am | Permalink
So want to be some where warm right now, were you happy with the hotel? We are thinking of going to Dreams Puerat Vallarta for our honeymoon.
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By Andrea on 12.04.09 12:11 pm | Permalink
That looks like such a fabulous place! So glad you had such a good time. Looking forward to more recaps!
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By Krissy on 12.04.09 12:41 pm | Permalink
So jealous!
Como se dice…. was our favorite phrase when we were in Spain. I knew it had gotten out of hand when Chris was ordering gelato in Barcelona and asked the guy (who obviously spoke no English), “Como se dice Scoop?”
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By Andrea of Care to Eat on 12.04.09 2:06 pm | Permalink
you’re making me want to book a flight to mexico!! ahh that hotel looks amazing! can’t wait for the rest of the recap!
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ALLISON! i am finally reading blogs and so stoked for your mexico recap!! holler! i love part one and am so excited to see more and more. i love that you took photos of all the cool stuff, i would have too!
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